Against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night, the Phoenix Suns had to overcome their own bleeding feet time and again.
“Felt to me like I was reading War and Peace,” Suns coach Igor Kokoskov said afterward. “It was a saga of a lot of ups and downs, a roller coaster emotionally.”
Memphis had a big scoring run in every single quarter — 14-3 in the first, then 13-4, 18-2 and 8-0 — but this time the Suns would not hang their heads or go quietly into that good night.
“Every time we’d get up by 8 they’d go on an 8-0 run,” Memphis guard Shelvin Mack said.